On 26 January 2012, the Congress of Guatemala voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The President must now sign the ratification bill so that it may then be deposited at UN Treaty Office. It is expected that this will take place shortly.

On 2 December 2011, Vanuatu deposited its instrument of accession of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at United Nations headquarters in New York. Vanuatu is thereby the 120th state party to the Rome Statute, and joins the Philippines and Maldives as the third state from the Asia-Pacific region to join the ICC in 2011 and to commit to the fight against impunity for the gravest crimes.

On 10 October 2011, Cape Verde deposited its instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) with the Office of the UN Secretary-General at the UN Treaty Office and became the 119th country to join the ICC.

On 21 September 2011, Maldives deposited its instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) with the Office of the UN Secretary-General at the UN Treaty Office.

On 19 May Grenada deposited the instrument of accession to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute) at the UN Headquarters, recognizing the complementary jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court on its territory and over its nationals abroad when genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes are committed. Read Amnesty's Public Statement.